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The opposite of ‘damsels in distress’: how TV fell in love with female gangsters
By Louis StaplesThe ruthless female characters of The Gentlemen, Beef and Peaky Blinders bring new depth to the evil matriarch stereotype
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/02/female-gangsters-crime-tv-the-gentlemen
#Television #Televisionradio #Culture #Netflix #HBO #HelenMirren #GuyRitchie #Women #UStelevision #TraceyUllman #TVcrimedrama #TheGuardian #LouisStaples
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‘I’m not into leather at all!’: John Wood on privately photographing Glasgow’s gay underground, and the comparisons with Robert Mapplethorpe
By Louis StaplesHe was a telecoms engineer by day – and documented the Scottish city’s leather scene by night. Now the 79-year-old has opened his erotic archives and received his first ever solo exhibition
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jul/17/john-wood-photographer-solo-show-in-glasgow
#Photography #Artanddesign #Culture #Exhibitions #Glasgow #Sexuality #LGBTQrights #TheGuardian #LouisStaples